Toplines - School - August 2-3, 2010

 

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 2-3, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Do you have any children living at home who attend elementary or secondary school?

 

   29% Yes
70% No
  1% Not sure

 

2* Will you spend more this year on school clothing and back-to school supplies than you  did a year ago, or will you spend less?

 

   51% More

   31% Less

   18% About the same

     0% Not sure

 

3* Should students be required to wear uniforms to school?

 

   40% Yes
45% No
14% Not sure

 

4* Does your state briefly suspend sales taxes at this time of year to encourage back-to-school shopping?

 

   40% Yes
43% No
17% Not sure

 

5* Do you favor or oppose so-called sales tax holidays?

 

   62% Favor

   22% Oppose

   16% Not sure

 

6* Are you more likely to buy things during a sales tax holiday or less likely to buy things during a sales tax holiday?

 

   60% More likely

   14% Less likely

   23% No impact

     3% Not sure

 

 NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence